In 1983 the University of Oklahoma's museum began a struggle for a new building. The centuryold museum was housed in barns and stables. Support from the University was mixed. Grassroots efforts and a multifaceted strategy ...

The museum of Louvain-la-Neuve was inaugurated in 1979. The collections (originally, the cast reproductions date back from 1864) includes Fine art, Archaeology and Ethnography. The university city, designed on a human scale ...

The contemporary significance of university collections and the changing role of university museums has not been the subject of thorough scientific research. This paper presents the outline of a research project to be ...

Today museums must be cognizant of a multitude of widely publicized ethical issues. It is important that museum leaders demonstrate the highest ethical standards and be responsive to new policies and practices instituted ...

Universities have apparently enthusiastically embraced new ventures in taking on responsibilities for cultural institutions, such as museums and theatres. Museums, especially, have long been integral to campuses, growing ...

Starting from the definition of scientific museums as the material context where scientific and technological artefacts are preserved and scientific culture is elaborated and disseminated, the different ways in which museums ...

Museums are centres of learning. They play a significant role in the projection of cultural and natural heritage and can increase awareness among the masses. When it was established in 1951, academics in several departments ...

In her article 'The Politics of exhibiting culture: Legacies and possibilities' Shelley Ruth Butler refers to "a problematic dichotomy that exists in museum literature between critical and optimistic perspectives on ...